




The Emperor had a mechanical nightingale that was technically perfect and entirely soulless. The real one was scruffier, less predictable, and infinitely better. This limited-run layered resin brooch captures the tale of The Emperor and the Nightingale through Pete Cromer’s quietly expressive lens — hand-assembled as part of the Erstwilder x Pete Cromer Fairy Tales Part 2 collection. For the person who has always chosen the real thing, even when the imitation was very convincing.